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136. If they meant "well trained", than why isn't it enforced?

Sat Jul 9, 2022, 07:26 PM

Jul 2022

The piece of garbage who shot up Uvalde was able to get two AR-15s (on credit, no less) without being required to prove he was “well trained”…

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raise your hand if you support protesting kavenaugh and his SC buddies everywhere they go [View all] moonshinegnomie Jul 2022 OP

Oh, oh, oh, oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #1

loved that show moonshinegnomie Jul 2022 #3

No Justice, No Peace!!! Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2022 #2

Exactly! burrowowl Jul 2022 #142

The mantra of the day. 2naSalit Jul 2022 #163

According to Justice Scalia gratuitous Jul 2022 #4

First Amendment Xipe Totec Jul 2022 #5

I always think it is odd that even though this amendment specifically says NO LAW...ABRIDGING LT Barclay Jul 2022 #29

The first says "Congress shall make no law" - laws regulating speech and press were meant to be left PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #51

I don't read either that way. Congress established laws creating states. So if congress allowed LT Barclay Jul 2022 #56

Congress didn't "allow states to regulate speech". The states created Congress... PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #59

by that logic, states could do anything to regulate speech. They could seize books, LT Barclay Jul 2022 #71

Actually they could (and sometimes did) but then... PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #74

Well what a mess! But at least we're heading in the right direction. At this rate we'll have a LT Barclay Jul 2022 #179

Merriam-Webster sez Higherarky Jul 2022 #83

You need to look up the phrase "well-regulated" and use sources from the time the phrase was used... PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #89

So, what, in your opinion intrepidity Jul 2022 #91

A militia that functions effectively, that is a well trained one and equipped one. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #92

And what is the modern incarnation of that? nt intrepidity Jul 2022 #94

According to federal law... PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #95

So, you're saying the "militia" referred to in the 2nd is in proper working order, Higherarky Jul 2022 #102

No. Lots of things hoped for by the writers of the Constitution aren't working as expected. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #103

In your opinion, Higherarky Jul 2022 #111

Constitutional amendments. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #115

Such as ... Higherarky Jul 2022 #119

no - dumb azureblue Jul 2022 #118

Excuse me? Higherarky Jul 2022 #148

Cool story. DiamondShark Jul 2022 #160

If they meant "well trained", than why isn't it enforced? Shipwack Jul 2022 #136

That's adopting Scalia's view hook, line, and sinker. Have you forgotten John Paul Stevens' dissent? MerryHolidays Jul 2022 #161

Remember: a 30 foot buffer around clinics was a violation of free speech Bettie Jul 2022 #6

Actually no, the Supreme Court has allowed restrictions on anti-abortion protests... PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #53

Remeber azureblue Jul 2022 #109

If it's legal, then we should follow every recourse available. Baitball Blogger Jul 2022 #7

No, you shouldn't "follow every recourse available", but only recourses that are effective... PoliticAverse Jul 2022 #61

Agreed robodruid1 Jul 2022 #167

ME! ME! TigressDem Jul 2022 #8

With a side of MOMFUDSKI Jul 2022 #9

and bring "gifts".. agingdem Jul 2022 #12

Mail campaign to send them wnylib Jul 2022 #54

I'm in! 2 Meow Momma Jul 2022 #10

Both hands up LoisB Jul 2022 #11

I don't live anywhere near these fascists... MontanaMama Jul 2022 #13

If you're going to screw the people, don't expect to walk peaceably among them. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2022 #14

Hand raised! mvd Jul 2022 #15

will it be effective stopdiggin Jul 2022 #16

"These people" protesting for the right of women to control their own bodies are not as Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #18

I edited the original stopdiggin Jul 2022 #35

Lol. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it's not that people here "aren't real Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #97

and alienating a large proportion stopdiggin Jul 2022 #120

Name a protest that didn't anger a lot of people. Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #121

we've covered this ground stopdiggin Jul 2022 #123

Lol. The BLM protests didn't anger anyone until fires were set? Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #124

didn't say they didn't anger stopdiggin Jul 2022 #128

So you DO support this protest of Kavanaugh. Because it, too, has substantive Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #130

I'm not sure where the 'public support' for these most recent stopdiggin Jul 2022 #154

When someone claims that all protest is legitimate, you should tell them that. Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #164

what I suggested stopdiggin Jul 2022 #172

And after all, we're all on tenterhooks to know if it gains your endorsement. Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #175

of course not. stopdiggin Jul 2022 #180

I don't think I'm slow on the uptake. Handler Jul 2022 #137

none of us care about Kavenaugh's feelings stopdiggin Jul 2022 #155

The ruling has already been issued MichMan Jul 2022 #21

So? Is that what you'd tell MLK? He'd tell you back: there are just laws, and there are unjust laws ancianita Jul 2022 #27

Use all tactics. What is the point of any protest? They help get things done. cbabe Jul 2022 #32

There will be other cases that come up. They could perform their usual logical gymnastics and rule LT Barclay Jul 2022 #33

Or maybe indicted for treason. rubbersole Jul 2022 #42

So many reasons Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #40

Maybe they get just get angry at the protests, affecting future rulings ? MichMan Jul 2022 #50

Well they already seem to hate women Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #65

So don't protest because you don't want to upset them? This is what you're saying? Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #98

Whoosh! ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #52

Huh? I don't get this. Are you just being contrarian... brush Jul 2022 #48

I am hugely in favor of some stopdiggin Jul 2022 #122

Most protestors feel that way. You find out what is effective... brush Jul 2022 #125

Yes, I think it will be effective. wnylib Jul 2022 #60

I'm more or less in agreement stopdiggin Jul 2022 #126

By public appearances, I am thinking mostly if speaking engagements. wnylib Jul 2022 #135

I'm in! Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #17

Their lack of concern for the right to privacy it shouldn't Emile Jul 2022 #19

Right. And if they don't like it, there are other states they can go to. ancianita Jul 2022 #28

Fuck 'em all, especially traitor Thomas! Initech Jul 2022 #20

Didn't Thomas say something like; I'm going to spend the next 43 years making Liberal lives panader0 Jul 2022 #22

Yup! And for that, he can go eat the steamiest bag of rancid dog shit imaginable! Initech Jul 2022 #26

Why don't wealthy Dems out PI's on R SCOTUS members like the Rs did to get rid of Pepsidog Jul 2022 #49

This, this, this. Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #133

Be the pubic hair in Long Dong Silver's Coke Blue Owl Jul 2022 #23

Yes, yes, and yes. Magoo48 Jul 2022 #24

Absolutely! cate94 Jul 2022 #25

I do fuck em gopiscrap Jul 2022 #30

Just as they have made millions of lives miserable so should their families pay the price. The Pepsidog Jul 2022 #39

May the sneering six never have a moment's peace in public again dlk Jul 2022 #31

Hold my beer! 🖐🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏻👏👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 Traildogbob Jul 2022 #34

I keep posting this, so people can.use it ... aggiesal Jul 2022 #36

They don't deserve a moment of peace or privacy, they deserve neither. Pepsidog Jul 2022 #37

✋🏾 madashelltoo Jul 2022 #38

Yes LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #41

This is soooo good! rubbersole Jul 2022 #44

Here is one more LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #45

Yes! rubbersole Jul 2022 #105

Oh, snap! 😄 electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #176

Yes, indeed BlueKentuckyGirl Jul 2022 #43

Hand raised. lees1975 Jul 2022 #46

A thousand times, yes! 🖐🏻 onecaliberal Jul 2022 #47

The next time they protest at a restaurant etc. they need to cover the back door too. appleannie1 Jul 2022 #55

Count me in! BlueJac Jul 2022 #57

si. now he knows what it is like to face a line of protesters and has to retreat via AllaN01Bear Jul 2022 #58

Nope, it's dumb and creates sympathy for Kavanaugh and other such little fellers gulliver Jul 2022 #62

Hand is raised dwayneb Jul 2022 #63

Me, me, me!!! SalviaBlue Jul 2022 #64

I support it! mrsadm Jul 2022 #66

If i lived near any of them birdographer Jul 2022 #67

I'm all for it. Nt raccoon Jul 2022 #68

Here Here. triron Jul 2022 #69

... Higherarky Jul 2022 #70

✋🏼 we can do it Jul 2022 #72

These people insulated in their bubbles of wealth and privilege Nac Mac Feegle Jul 2022 #73

I agree, No Justice No Peace jho Jul 2022 #75

People should dress up like Jesus and yell Bible verses. KentuckyWoman Jul 2022 #76

Matthew 6:5-6 is a good one too caraher Jul 2022 #84

Absolutely. From now until they repent or die. Stinky The Clown Jul 2022 #77

🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️ MiHale Jul 2022 #78

Let me ask. summer_in_TX Jul 2022 #79

They're not going to change their minds. They're just getting started Arazi Jul 2022 #88

So your approach is to avoid upsetting them so we don't look bad? Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #99

Hell no! summer_in_TX Jul 2022 #107

You don't think protest works, then? And what does this have to do with hatred? Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #114

Massive protest rallies can work. Depends. summer_in_TX Jul 2022 #145

All of which boils back down to "don't upset people." And I still disagree. Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #165

So, like, Higherarky Jul 2022 #132

Not at all. summer_in_TX Jul 2022 #146

Thanx, gotcha. Higherarky Jul 2022 #149

I'm pretty limited, my friend. summer_in_TX Jul 2022 #151

This old-timer thanks you Higherarky Jul 2022 #171

Thank you, Higherarky! summer_in_TX Jul 2022 #174

If I still lived in DC and saw any of those assholes out in public Warpy Jul 2022 #80

Same treatment as abortion clinics. kairos12 Jul 2022 #81

I suppose they think they have a right to be left alone caraher Jul 2022 #82

Push your agenda in women's lives. Lunabell Jul 2022 #85

I'm raising my middle finger at them MyMission Jul 2022 #86

Hey, they impacted the lives of so many of us in so many ways, why shouldn't they too, suffer SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 #87

I hope they can't find a moment's peace DemocraticPatriot Jul 2022 #90

Actions have consequences. They should never gibraltar72 Jul 2022 #93

personally i think it shouldnt be confined to just SC justices moonshinegnomie Jul 2022 #96

I wouldn't serve them in my establishment GoodRaisin Jul 2022 #104

They don't deserve a moment of peace. Mickju Jul 2022 #100

I support anything drmeow Jul 2022 #101

... FailureToCommunicate Jul 2022 #106

Give tours! IMPEACHtrump2018 Jul 2022 #108

I wish I lived there so I could join them! BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #110

Wow the Concern Trolls are out in force on this topic. AnrothElf Jul 2022 #112

They're not trolls. They just disagree. I disagree with THEM, but Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #127

Oh hell yeah FakeNoose Jul 2022 #113

Comfort the afflicted. Higherarky Jul 2022 #116

yes DBoon Jul 2022 #117

YES!!!!! Make them pay for their actions. Maraya1969 Jul 2022 #129

Raises hand n/t wryter2000 Jul 2022 #131

I think it's a great thing. Handler Jul 2022 #134

AT Their CHURCHES Captain Zero Jul 2022 #138

✋✋✋✋✋✋👍 BHDem53 Jul 2022 #139

Both hands waving high in the air Leith Jul 2022 #140

Do NOT protest! Shower him with never-ending praise, prayers, preaching, and hymns. keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #141

Six yrs ago I suggested anytime trump or ANY maga or ANY repub go outdoors Eliot Rosewater Jul 2022 #143

🤚🏻🤚🏻🤚🏻🤚🏻 Scottie Mom Jul 2022 #144

fuck that bastard Kavanaugh Skittles Jul 2022 #147

Hell yes!!! FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #150

Hand raised!! Up high!! notinkansas Jul 2022 #152

Very much in agreement BunnyMcGee Jul 2022 #153

🤚 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2022 #156

🤚🏼🤚🏻🤚🤚🏽🤚🏾🤚🏿 n.t. RocRizzo55 Jul 2022 #157

Alito is the one. I keep hearing Kavenaugh but not Alito. He is the one who patricia92243 Jul 2022 #158

how about take all that energy and help pregnant women get to a sane state when they need a ride eShirl Jul 2022 #159

No food, no gasoline for these people. They are not in the Constitution. /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #162

Protesting, yes! Harassing, no. DFW Jul 2022 #166

Hell yes I do. OverBurn Jul 2022 #168

a group is offering up to $250 for SC sightings moonshinegnomie Jul 2022 #169

Absolutely. No rest for the wicked. (nt) Paladin Jul 2022 #170

Hand raised. nt DLevine Jul 2022 #173

Hand raised electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #177

They deliberately and intentionally lied under oath and screwed half the country. Initech Jul 2022 #178